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[[Image:Path640.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A mission patch for the '''Mars Pathfinder''' mission in 1996.]]
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
This [[NASA]] mission was launched on a [[Delta II]] rocket on December 4, 1996. The '''Mars Pathfinder''' mission was used to demonstrate how [[NASA]] could send an exploratory mission to Mars 1/15th of the cost of the [[Viking]] budget in the 1970's. The mission was developed at a cost of under $150 million in 3 years.  
 
This [[NASA]] mission was launched on a [[Delta II]] rocket on December 4, 1996. The '''Mars Pathfinder''' mission was used to demonstrate how [[NASA]] could send an exploratory mission to Mars 1/15th of the cost of the [[Viking]] budget in the 1970's. The mission was developed at a cost of under $150 million in 3 years.  

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A mission patch for the Mars Pathfinder mission in 1996.

Overview

This NASA mission was launched on a Delta II rocket on December 4, 1996. The Mars Pathfinder mission was used to demonstrate how NASA could send an exploratory mission to Mars 1/15th of the cost of the Viking budget in the 1970's. The mission was developed at a cost of under $150 million in 3 years.

One of the major mission objectives was to deliver a microrover to the surface safely so the surface composition and, ultimately, the search for life could be carried out. The microrover onbord was known as Sojourner.

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